In a communistic nation, the government controls many things. Natural gas and oil are controlled by the government. The government can control solar energy, coal, people and minerals. In a socialistic nation the only thing that can be controlled by the government is water and timber, witch are also controlled by the communistic government also. Socialist government can only control these because actual companies don't own the timber and water. The companies actually own the mineral rights, oil, natural gas, the coal as well as the wind farms.